I was home an' abed afore ye kem in, an' ye was full of the shindy at Mis' MacBride's.
"In Wild Rose Time"
Amanda M. Douglas
Most up to the boss in a shindy, now, wasn't she?
"In Wild Rose Time"
Amanda M. Douglas
For, be it observed, a bank-'oliday at the Welsh 'Arp, "wich is down 'Endon wy," is no longer a spree for him, however uproarious the "shindy," and however ready his "gal" may be to sit on his knee and "change 'ats" to the accompaniment of cornet and concertina.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann